Game apparatus.



F. E. DORE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.6, 1914.

1 125 Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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FREDERICK E. DORR, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed April 6, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. DoRR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Everett, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to game apparatus of that type in which the game isplayed by snapping one or more small disks or counters from one part ofa board or playing space to another, and has particular reference to thecounters employed in game apparatus of this sort and to the parts usedin snapping these counters, the nature and object of my improvementsbeing hereinafter explained in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic illustration, in planview, of a game-board suitable for use in playing a game of thecharacter above referred to; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a supportfrom which a disk or counter may be snapped; Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe disk employed as preferably constructed, Fig. 4 is a centraltransverse section through the same; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of thepiece employed for snapping the disk.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, 2 indicates a game-board having a number ofspaces 3 marked thereon, into one or another of which spaces the disk orcounter hereinafter described is to be snapped by the players from oneor more predetermined starting points. In an actual game-board each ofthe spaces 3 will contain a description of or reference to some play ormove in the game intended to be played, which may be based upon any oneof such games as base-ball, foot-ball, tennis, golf, cricket, etc. Thegame-board may also be provided, if desired, with various accessoriesadapted for use in playing a particular game. For example, it may beprovided at any desired point or points with a removable obstacle 4,representative of the goal posts in a football game, or of the tennisnet in the tennis game, or of a bunker or other hazard in a golf game,over which obstacle the dlsk may be snapped at appropriate times duringthe play.

I am not the first to devise a game apparatus having the generalcharacteristics above described, but it has been a serious objection toprior apparatus of this char- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 19, 1915.

Serial No. 829,765.

acter that the disk would slide so far after striking the board aspractically to nullify any amount of skill which might be employed bytheplayers in snapping the disk in a desired direction and with a properamount of force to land it in a desired space.

on the board is prevented from'slipping and stops at practically thepoint where it strikes. This enables a player who is sufficientlyskilful to promote his game by causing the disk to land and stop in oneof the spaces 3 which indicates a desirable play. The presence of thepads 6 also results in causing the disk 5 to be tilted at a definiteangle when snapped by applying pressure to its edge in the usual manner,and thus gives it a higher trajectory which not only assists in jumpingthe disk over an obstacle but also causes it to drop in a more nearlyvertical direction, thereby still further diminishing any tendency ofthe disk to slide on the board. Preferably the friction pads 6 areprovided by a soft rubber button having a somewhat greater thicknessthan the disk 5 and also having between its flat faces a connectingportion of less diameter, which is received within a correspondingperforation in said disk.

The disk 5 is preferably snapped from a resilient cushion consisting ofa circular pad 7 of felt or the like, which may be moved from one partof the game-board to another, in case the nature of the game is suchthat the disk 5 should be snapped from different points on thegame-board under various circumstances. Fig. 2 shows the pad 7 securedto the top of a sheet metal base 8 having an extension 9 bent to form anupwardly-extending portion 10, serving as a handle. The disk 5 issnapped from the pad 7 by means of a larger disk 11, Fig. 5, such as iscommonly employed in game apparatus of this character.

It will be seen that by the use of the playing pieces above described itbecomes possible to utilize a game-board having an ordinary printedpaper surface without subjecting the players to the disadvantage ofhaving the disk or counter slide thereon when played, thus obviatingcertain objections such as increased bulk and cost which are incident tothe provision of a playing surface constructed of or-faced With afriction material such as felt or the like, as has been proposed. ItWill also be evident that'the disk with friction pads on its faces andthe movable supporting cushion may be employed for playing a greatvariety of games on any suitable game-board or other surface.

I claim:

1.111 a game apparatus, a counter consisting of a'thin disk provided oneach of its faces with a projecting friction pad.

In ag'ame apparatus, a' counter consisting of a" thin perforated diskhaving a friction padhe'ld ina perforationin the disk with the oppositefaces of the pad projecting beyond the corresponding faces of the disk,

3. A game apparatus comprising a gameboard, an elastic supportingcushion movable over the same, and a counter adapted to be snapped fromsaid cushion" and consisting of a thin disk having a friction padprojecting from each of its faces.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this fourth'dayof Ap'ril, 19ll.'

" FREDERICK E. DORE.

WVitnesses: "ANNA B. LINDSAY,

JOSEPH T. BRENNAN.

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